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Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 88

Police Opinion Wreckage on Beach SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

Shortly after midnight Sergeant Taper, after viewing the wreckage at Wattamalla Bay, expressed the opinion that the vessel was vessel was the missing…

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Shooting of Holmes Police Continue Inquiries Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

No further progress has been made by detectives in their investigations into the shooting of Reginald William Holmes, whose body was discovered in…

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Manslaughter Charge Coroner Commits Motorist Police Evidence Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

The Parramatta coroner (Mr. H. Richardson-Clark) to-day committed Kenneth Edwin M'Intyre, insurance agent, for trial on a charge of…

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Arm Mystery Inquest Adjourned Coroner to Appear at Supreme Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

WHEN the inquest concerning James Smith, Whose tatooed arm was alleged to have been disgorged by a shark in the Coogee…

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Arm Inquest Adjourned Until June 27 Coroner to Appear at Supreme Court SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

When the inquest concerning Smith, whose tattooed arm was alleged to have been disgorged by a in the Coogee aquarium, was resumed…

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Interrupted Honeymoon Elocutionist Sent to Gaol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 3

Walter Townsend Hunt, aged 48 years, elocutionist, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a perjury…

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Court Position. Doubles Play

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 6

Court position plays a most prominent part in the success of the doubles game. All four players must concentrate on their Town respective positions…

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Strikers and Police Serious Clash in Canada Teas Gas, Clubs and Stones Used Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 1

The striking longshoremen and sympathisers, including women, battled with the police for three hours this afternoon over an area comprising ten…

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Police Court News

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 3

At the Ganmain Court of Petty session before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M. on the 18th instant John Kennedy pleaded guilty to charges of…

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Traffic Breaches Heard at Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 7

Joseph McLennan was charged with failing to return a driving license within three days of the date of expiry. Sergeant Thomson stated…

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Woolbuyer Sentenced Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day John Gilbert Snelling. 51, woolbuyer, was sentenced to 18 months' gaol on a charge of false pretences arising…

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Lottery Agent Sentenced Misappropriated Prize GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

Howard Arthur Pickett, who formerly conducted an agency for State lottery tickets, was yesterday sentenced to imprisonment for a year by…

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Lottery Agent Sentenced Misappropriated £100 Prize Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

Howard Arthur-Pickett, who formerly conducted an agency for State lottery tickets, was to-day sentenced to imprisonment for a year by Judge…

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Coolamon Monthly Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 2

At the Coolamon Court of Petty Session on 14th instant. Mr. J. A. Harris P.M. dealt with the following cases:…

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Holmes Murder Government Offers Reward £300 for Information Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

The State Government has decided to offer a reward of £300 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Reginald…

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Lottery Agent Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 5

Howard Arthur Pickett, who formerly conducted an agency for State lottery tickets, was on Thursday sentenced to imprisonment for a year…

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Maylor's Action Fails Full Court Decision

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 2

The Full Court gave judgment for the Canterbury Park Racing Club in an action brought by Rufus Naylor, claiming damages on account of his…

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Bath Murder Twenty Years Gaol for Man Fifteen for Woman Brussels

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 1

Pierre Nathan, son of a wealthy Brussels manufacturer, was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, and his companion, Marie Geran, to 15 years…

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Lottery Agent Sentenced Misappropriated £100 Prize

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 2

At Goulburn last week, Howard Arthur Picket, who formerly conducted an agency for State lottery tickets was sentenced to…

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